Door-hanger



No. 6l5,49-2. Patented Dec. 6,1898.

K. DSEL.

noon HANGER. (Application filed .iune 25, 1897.)

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No. 65,492. Patented Dec. 6, 1898.

K. DSEL.

DOOR HANGER.

(Application filed. June 25,, 1897'.) (No Model.) 2 Shasta-Sheet 2.

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KIS'IEIJ OSEL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 615,492, dated December6, 1898.

Application filed June 25, 1897. Serial No. 642,249. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KISTEL OSEL, of St. Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota,have invented certain Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door-hangers, its object beingprincipally to provide an improved form of hanger for the same havingdetachable hinge connection with the door to allow of easy detachment,and also consists in the other improved features of constructionhereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a partial side elevation of the car, showing the cardoor in closedposition. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-section on line a: as ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the supporting-hangers for thedoor, and Figs. 4 and 5 are details of portions of said hanger. Fig. 6is a detail of the other hanger for the door. Fig. 7 is a sectionaldetail of a portion of the hanger shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 8 is asectional detail of a portion of the hanger shown in Fig. 6.

In the drawings, A represents the car, and B the side door thereof. Thedoor is supported by means of the hangers C and D, provided withcarrying-wheels 2, running upon the horizontal rail 3, secured in theside of the groove 4 underneath the overhanging roof of the car. Thisrail spans the dooropening and extends beyond said opening a distanceequal to the width of the door' to support the same in open position.

- The hanger 0 consists of the trolley-arm 6, having journaled in itsupper end the wheel 2, adapted to run upon the rail 3, the trolleyarmbeing provided with a downwardly-projecting extension 7 to preventderailment. The trolley-arm is connected with the door by means of thebracket 5, having outwardlyprojecting flanges provided with perforations0, through which the spindle 8 of the bracketarm passes. In order tolock the trolley-arm in thebracket, I preferably form upon the spindle 8lateral projections 10 and 11 upon one side and upon the opposite sideof the spindle a projection 12. The openings 9 in the top and bottomflanges of the bracket are formed with rearwardly-extending slots 13,through which the projections 10 and 11 are tion.

adapted topass in fitting the parts together, the bracket being formedwith a central rib 14 to engage the extension 12 when the parts arefitted together in the position shown in Fi 6.

The manner in which the parts are fitted together will be readilyunderstood from the drawings. The spindle is first inserted through theopening 9 in the top of the bracket until the projection 11 comes incontact with the rib 14:. The trolley-arm is then turned to carry theprojection 11 out of contact with said rib and allow the projection 12to be carried through the opening until that projection comes in contactwith the rib. The trolley-arm is then again turned to carry theprojection 12 out of contact with the rib and allow the projections 10and 11 to pass through the openings 9, the trolley-arm then being turnedto bring the projection 12 against the lower side of the rib 14; and theprojections 10 and 11 in bearing contact with the top and bottom flangesof the bracket. The parts are adapted to be detached by the reverseoperation when desired.

The hanger D is provided with a hinge member 15, interposed between thetrolleyarm and bracket, permitting the door to receive a lateral slidingmovement to carry it outside of the body of the car into open posi- Thehinge member 15 has a detachable connection with the bracket similar tothat shown between. the trolley-arm and.

bracket of the hanger O. The connection between the trolley-arm andmember 15 consists of a spindle 16, passing through an opening 17 in thelower end of the trolley-arm 6 and adapted to be locked in place bymeans of the lateral projection 18, as shown in Fig. 3Q The part of therail 3 which carries the hanger 0 when the door is closed is even withthe outside of the hanger, as shown in Fig. 2, while the part whichcarries the hanger D is beyond the face of the door a distance equal tothe width thereof. Thus as the door is carried to open position thehinge member 15 of the hanger D will turn in the trolley-arm (i and thebracket 5 to conform to the position of the rail.

1 claim- 1. A double-hinge door-hanger comprising in combination, thedoor-bracket, the trolley mm and the intermediate arm having d'etachablepintle connection with both bracket and trolley-arm, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination of the door-bracket, thetrolley-arm, the interposed hinge member and the pintle at each endthereof adapted to be fitted to bearings or eyes in the bracket andtrolley-arm respectively, and having lateral lugs adapted to slipthroughnotches in said eyes in connecting or disconnecting the parts, wherebythe parts are normally looked into pivotal engagement, but may bereadily disconnected, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KISTEL OSEL. Witnesses:

'I. D. MERWIN, MINNIE L. THAUWALD.

